diff --git a/readthedocs/doc_builder/backends/sphinx.py b/readthedocs/doc_builder/backends/sphinx.py
index 7e3d0914411..66154f68dea 100644
--- a/readthedocs/doc_builder/backends/sphinx.py
+++ b/readthedocs/doc_builder/backends/sphinx.py
@@ -214,10 +214,7 @@ class HtmlBuilder(BaseSphinx):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(HtmlBuilder, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        if self.project.allow_comments:
-            self.sphinx_builder = 'readthedocs-comments'
-        else:
-            self.sphinx_builder = 'readthedocs'
+        self.sphinx_builder = 'readthedocs'
 
 
 class HtmlDirBuilder(HtmlBuilder):
@@ -225,10 +222,7 @@ class HtmlDirBuilder(HtmlBuilder):
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super(HtmlDirBuilder, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        if self.project.allow_comments:
-            self.sphinx_builder = 'readthedocsdirhtml-comments'
-        else:
-            self.sphinx_builder = 'readthedocsdirhtml'
+        self.sphinx_builder = 'readthedocsdirhtml'
 
 
 class SingleHtmlBuilder(HtmlBuilder):
diff --git a/readthedocs/projects/admin.py b/readthedocs/projects/admin.py
index fac08e3b087..7b6261af51a 100644
--- a/readthedocs/projects/admin.py
+++ b/readthedocs/projects/admin.py
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ class ProjectAdmin(GuardedModelAdmin):
     """Project model admin view."""
 
     prepopulated_fields = {'slug': ('name',)}
-    list_display = ('name', 'slug', 'repo', 'repo_type', 'allow_comments', 'featured', 'theme')
-    list_filter = ('repo_type', 'allow_comments', 'featured', 'privacy_level',
+    list_display = ('name', 'slug', 'repo', 'repo_type', 'featured', 'theme')
+    list_filter = ('repo_type', 'featured', 'privacy_level',
                    'documentation_type', 'programming_language',
                    ProjectOwnerBannedFilter)
     list_editable = ('featured',)
diff --git a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_builds.py b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_builds.py
index b53cd80b7ad..8f07156cfa3 100644
--- a/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_builds.py
+++ b/readthedocs/rtd_tests/tests/test_builds.py
@@ -129,32 +129,6 @@ def test_build_respects_yaml(self):
         # PDF however was disabled and therefore not built.
         self.assertFalse(self.mocks.pdf_build.called)
 
-    def test_builder_comments(self):
-        '''Normal build with comments'''
-        project = get(Project,
-                      documentation_type='sphinx',
-                      allow_comments=True,
-                      versions=[fixture()])
-        version = project.versions.all()[0]
-        build_env = LocalBuildEnvironment(version=version, project=project, build={})
-        python_env = Virtualenv(version=version, build_env=build_env)
-        builder_class = get_builder_class(project.documentation_type)
-        builder = builder_class(build_env, python_env)
-        self.assertEqual(builder.sphinx_builder, 'readthedocs-comments')
-
-    def test_builder_no_comments(self):
-        '''Test builder without comments'''
-        project = get(Project,
-                      documentation_type='sphinx',
-                      allow_comments=False,
-                      versions=[fixture()])
-        version = project.versions.all()[0]
-        build_env = LocalBuildEnvironment(version=version, project=project, build={})
-        python_env = Virtualenv(version=version, build_env=build_env)
-        builder_class = get_builder_class(project.documentation_type)
-        builder = builder_class(build_env, python_env)
-        self.assertEqual(builder.sphinx_builder, 'readthedocs')
-
     def test_build_pdf_latex_failures(self):
         '''Build failure if latex fails'''